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HOLYWELL ST WINEFRIDES FEAST DAY WALES

Saint Winefrides Shrine Holywell, Wales. <br />
Roman Catholic annually gather on the feast day at St Winefrides Shrine 22 June in Holywell. A pilgrim knees at the foot and holds her rosary beads and prays to St Winefride. Holywell Flintshire Wales, UK 1990s.<br />
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St Winifred or Saint Winefride was a 7th-century Welsh Christian  woman, around whom many historical legends have formed. A healing spring at the traditional site of her death is now a shrine and pilgrimage site called St Winefrides Well, known as the Lourdes of Wales.
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Catholic Gypsies annual pilgrimage photograph on the feast day of at St Winefrides Shrine 22 June Holywell Flintshire Wales
Saint Winefrides Shrine Holywell, Wales.
Roman Catholic annually gather on the feast day at St Winefrides Shrine 22 June in Holywell. A pilgrim knees at the foot and holds her rosary beads and prays to St Winefride. Holywell Flintshire Wales, UK 1990s.

St Winifred or Saint Winefride was a 7th-century Welsh Christian woman, around whom many historical legends have formed. A healing spring at the traditional site of her death is now a shrine and pilgrimage site called St...
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Date: 17 Mar 2011
Location: Holywell Flintshire Wales
Credit: HOMER SYKES
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